The burnt-out remains of C-46D CP-974 ex N9874F at San Borja airfield, Bolivia.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Curtiss-Wright C-46 / CW-20 Commando - СШАUSA - 1940

SX-OAA (373), Olympic's first Boeing 747-284B opens the throttles for full thrust.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Boeing Boeing 747 - СШАUSA - 1969

The identity of Beech C18S N79848 is still a matter of speculation.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Beechcraft Model 18 / C-45 Expeditor - СШАUSA - 1937

"H-NACT" at Ypenburg on 7.6.57.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fokker F.VII / C-2 / F.XIV - НидерландыNetherlands - 1924

A line-up, in alphabetical order, of eight Avia-built Fokker FVIIb-3ms of CLS with two Fokker-built examples, OK-AAH and OK-AAI, in the far distance.
Ten F.VIIb/3m aircraft of Ceskoslovenska Letecka Spolecnost (C.L.S.) lined up at Kbely aerodrome near Prague, Czechoslovakia, with an Avia BH25 at the end. The eight nearest aircraft are Avia-built with 240 hp Walter "Castor" engines and 3-blade propellers.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avia BH-25 - ЧехословакияCzechoslovakia - 1926Fokker F.VII / C-2 / F.XIV - НидерландыNetherlands - 1924

Avia-built F.VIIb/3m c/n 17 F-ALGS in CIDNA colours.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fokker F.VII / C-2 / F.XIV - НидерландыNetherlands - 1924

F.VIIb/3m SP-ABK "Krysia" built as c/n 10 by Plage and Laskiewicz of Lublin, Poland, photographed coming in for a landing.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fokker F.VII / C-2 / F.XIV - НидерландыNetherlands - 1924

F.VIIb/3m SP-ABA "Anka" c/n 1 climbing out after take-off. The relatively small fin and rudder was considered adequate throughout the life of the type, although Kingsford Smith had a larger rudder fitted after his early flights on "Southern Cross", no doubt after trying the effects of shutting down a wing engine.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fokker F.VII / C-2 / F.XIV - НидерландыNetherlands - 1924

This Super Cub, seen parked at Marathon on 20.10.85, appears to be another ex Greek Army aircraft. It was not SX-ALQ which was also present and wearing those marks on the same day. The military markings have all been removed, the rear fuselage is damaged and the right tyre Is deflated. We may hazard a guess that it could be the eventual SX-ALO (415) which was actually released by the Greek Army on 23.3.84. Can anyone confirm this or offer an alternative identity?

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Super Cub PA-18 / L-8 / L-21 - СШАUSA - 1949

View of Super Cub SX-ALQ (398). In brown/khaki/grey camouflage and military fin flash at Marathon in 10.85, though not fully registered until 1987.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Super Cub PA-18 / L-8 / L-21 - СШАUSA - 1949

View of Super Cub SX-ALQ (398). Still at Marathon 6.88 but now repainted in silver with red trim and black letters.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Super Cub PA-18 / L-8 / L-21 - СШАUSA - 1949

The photograph, via Mike Hooks, shows the Oxford exhibited at the Brussels Salon of 1939. The particular aircraft remains unidentified however, so perhaps the photo will offer a visual clue or jog someone's memory.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Airspeed Oxford / AS.10 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Another Peiraios Aero Club aircraft, Reims/Cessna F.152 SX-ALY (382) at Marathon 10.87.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cessna 172 Skyhawk / 182 Skyline / T-41 - СШАUSA - 1955

National Airways V.807 Viscount ZK-BWO "City of Dunedin" taxying on inboard engine power.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Viscount - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Spitfire PR.XI seen at Old Warden on 12.9.53 wearing N74138 underwing (not NC by then) and G-15-109 on the fuselage sides.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Spitfire PR / FR - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

Wearing "Status' advertising, TB-10 Tobago SX-AMK (388) was at Marathon 6.88 but has since been destroyed in a crash which so far we have been unable to identify.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: SOCATA TB-9 Tampico / TB-10 Tobago / TB-20 Trinidad - ФранцияFrance - 1977

Now what is this C.30A doing in a decidedly un-English landscape in 1938?

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cierva/Avro C.30A / Rota - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

The Sikorsky S-43 LN-DAG is shown here as F-AREX. It was sold to Cie des Chargeurs Reunis with French CofA issue on 27.9.38. En route to France it had been checked at Schiphol by Veritas with 197 flying hours logged. Registered F-AREX on 19.10.38 it was delivered via Marseille to Abidjan. The S-43 was used in the Gold Coast region and flew the first seaplane services into Lagos, Nigeria. The photo shows it moored on the inland waterway at Lagos during unloading/loading operations. Aeromaritime (Cie des Chargeurs Reunis) operated between Pointe Noire and Dakar where the S-43s linked up with Air France services. F-AREX was last checked by Veritas in Abidjan on 16.12.43 with 1691 hours. It was cancelled from the register 11.3.46 as "dilapidated".

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Sikorsky S-43 Baby Clipper/JRS/Y1OA-8 - СШАUSA - 1936

About to fly, the second of the Cotswold Aero Club's £50 Tiger Moths G-ANEH at Staverton 21.6.63.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931

Beryl Markham's Vega Gull VP-KCC receives a final polish before leaving Gravesend for Abingdon and the start of her East-West solo Atlantic flight.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

One of the first photographs of c/n K.20, the prototype Vega Gull, incorrectly painted as G-AEAD and with the original Gull Six style of fin and rudder. Correctly painted as G-AEAB for the Schlesinger race it then bore race no.7 and was leading the contest when, over three-quarters of the way to Johannesburg, it was damaged in a forced landing.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

G-AEAB c/n К.20 taxying in with flaps still down after a landing by David Llewellyn who flew it in the Schlesinger race only a week after officially becoming its registered owner. The long pointed spinner is the result of the longer propshaft required by the variable-pitch propeller.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

G-AEEM seen in standard guise and unnamed, presumably In 1936.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

VP-KCC c/n K.34, with its name "The Messenger" on the cowling, being pushed out by Percival's Jack Lavender and his crew before Mrs Markham's solo Atlantic crossing to Canada. The prominent pointed spinner covers the hub of the variable pitch Hamilton Standard propeller of the Gipsy Six II which increased the rpm by 50 to 2,400 and the hp by 5 to 205 hp.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

C/n K.36 is little known having apparently spent all of its life in Canada as CF-BAR. It is seen here in a cutting from a pre-war American magazine.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

G-AEJJ c/n K.27 was flown pre-war as an air taxi by B.A.A.S. and then Impressed but it did not survive the war.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

The second Vega Gull was G-AECF of the Hon William Drago Montagu. It was later sold to France and was lost during the war.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

A later view of the prototype showing the correct registration G-AEAB applied and also the modified rudder shape with the straight hinge common to all later Vega Gulls.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

"County of Monmouth" is generally assumed to be G-AEEM but although the name is visible here the registration is not. The photo was taken at Khartoum during a London - Cape flight by David Llewellyn, presumably the 5.37 attempt which was the only one to get that far unless in 2.37 he continued to Khartoum for repairs later.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

C/n K.29 G-AEKE won both the 1936 King's Cup (as recorded on the cowling) and the Schlesinger race in which it was the only finisher. It was fitted with a DH Hamilton licence variable pitch propeller.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Vega Gull / K.1 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Air Taxi Wickos G-AFJB and G-AGPE are seen ready for business in front of the still-camouflaged buildings at Southampton/Eastleigh in '46.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Foster Wikner Wicko - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Argus NC74130 at Le Bourget 1.7.53. In John Davis' listing it had become G-AKJM 2.48 and VH-AVN 6.51, though we have the Australian regn date as 7.53.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairchild C-61 Forwarder / Model 24 / Argus - СШАUSA - 1932

The British Civil Air Attache's Proctor 5, wearing UK civil registration G-AHGN with an RAF fin flash, flying over the Capitol buildings in Washington.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Percival Proctor / P.28 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1939

The Cub NC79819, possibly at Thruxton.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cub J-3/J-4 / L-4 Grasshopper / PA-11 - СШАUSA - 1937

Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II SX-ALX (381) still wearing a Feyock Flug sticker and its former German flag on the fin at Marathon in 10.87 after two years on the Greek register.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Cherokee PA-28 - СШАUSA - 1960

Avro Ten c/n 388 VH-UNA "Southern Sun" files over In a revealing shot from a seldom-seen angle which clearly shows the straight centre section of the wing between the engines Introduced on the F.VIIb variants.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Ten / Type 618 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

VH-UMG "Southern Star" c/n 230 was the second of 5 Avro Tens for Australian National Airways. In this view from above, the 2 feet thick straight centre section of the Fokker wing is seen with the pilots' cockpit under the leading edge. The projection behind the near wheel is a scraper to prevent mud being thrown up by the wheels on the grass airfields of the time. These replaced the mudguards fitted above the wheels on this aircraft and on VH-UMI and VH-UNA in Australia.
The Avro Ten VH-UMG was Australian National Airways’ Southern Star. It passed to Hart Aircraft and then Australian Transcontinental Airways.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Ten / Type 618 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Avro Ten c/n 231 finish-painted as VH-UMI (full stop!) by Avro before delivery, showing the wooden propellers fitted as standard to the 215 hp seven-cylinder Armstrong Siddeley Lynx engines. Above the wheels are the Fokker mudguards fitted by Avro which were replaced by scrapers in Australia.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Ten / Type 618 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

VH-UMI was rebuilt in 1932 with 330 hp Wright R-975 engines and it was re-registered VH-UXX and given the name "Faith in Australia" by C.T.P.Ulm. It was used by Ulm and P.G.Taylor to break the England to Australia record between 12.10.33 and 19.10.33.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Ten / Type 618 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

The Avro Ten fuselage assembly line showing the welded steel tube structure having its smaller assemblies bolted on and the wooden floor, window frames and formers attached prior to the final stage of fabric covering. The nearest fuselage frame is in the last stages of completion, with nose engine mounting ring, pilots' control wheels and the cabin front bulkhead fitted.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Ten / Type 618 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Late production Avro Ten c/n 527 G-ACGF was supplied to Midland & Scottish Air Ferries. The F.VIIb/3m was an aircraft from the days of grass airfields and tailskids, but Avro Tens c/n 524 to 527 were exceptions in each having a tailwheel fitted as seen here on G-ACGF.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Ten / Type 618 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

The ply-covered wooden wing, with two laminated spruce spars, of the F.VIIb/3m is seen here during production of the Avro Ten version. The wing was made in one piece with the ailerons cut out afterwards, the simplest way of producing a perfect match. The underside of the wing has here been covered and it has been turned over ready to cover the leading edge, followed by the top surface. The wing on the right is inverted preparatory to covering the bottom surface and the jig to ensure the all-important squareness of the parallel centre-section can be seen.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Ten / Type 618 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

The first Avro Ten to be completed was G-AADM c/n 241. It was displayed at Olympia 7.29 with Fairey-Reed type twisted metal propellers but these were replaced by laminated wood propellers when it was supplied to Australian National Airways to become VH-UMF "Southern Cloud". This photo of an ANA aircraft is believed to show c/n 241 when Kingsford Smith (2nd from left) made a trial flight before purchase.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Ten / Type 618 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Two Avro Tens, G-ABSP c/n 525 and G-ABSR c/n 526, went to the Egyptian Army Air Force in January 1932 as F200 and F201 respectively. The photograph appears to be of F200 which crashed on 10.12.33. The other machine survived to be transferred to Indian National Airways with whom it flew the Karachi - Lahore service for a number of years and surveyed an air route to China.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Ten / Type 618 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Reims/Cessna F.152 SX-AMH (395) beneath a stormy sky in front of the Marathon control tower in October 1987. It was written-off nearby on 1.5.89.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cessna 150 / 152 - СШАUSA - 1957

Thames' Fletcher ZK-BWV spraying with a swathmaster near Pukekohe in 1960.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fletcher FU-24 / FD-25 Defender - СШАUSA - 1954

Ex-British PA-38 Tomahawk SX-ALE (369) in Aero Club Peiraios titles at Marathon in 6.88.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piper Tomahawk PA-38 - СШАUSA - 1977

THE SKY PILOT: A "Gipsy Moth," Sky Pilot, which has been put into use in mission work on the Roper River, Northern Australia, by the Rev. K. Langford Smith (in rear cockpit). The photo was taken from a Shell "Moth" after taking off from Essendon for its new field of operations.
Gipsy Moth VH-UJV c/n 846 was "Sky Pilot" of the Church Missionary Society, Arnhem Land, NT, carrying the Rev.Langford Smith on his parish rounds; the ideal answer to a scattered population spread over a large area. Built in 1928, 'UJV is seen to have become well worn, not to say battered, in this 1938 photo and in fact it survived to be impressed by the RAAF in 1940.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

RAAF A7-5, whose c/n is unidentified, with A7-31 and others behind at Point Cook, Australia in 1936.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

NC12762 - THE CAPELIS XC-12

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Capelis XC-12 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

ASK-21 SX-130 (379) of Athens Gliding Club.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Schleicher ASK 21 - ГерманияGermany - 1979